Product pitches in sales is old news. Rather, have a dialogue about the value of your product versus a monologue about the features – engage in a business conversation versus delivering a product pitch. Continue reading →

If you missed the Best Small Business Blogs of 2015 (as culled by FitSmallBusiness.com) – take a look. You’ll find the Sales Training Connection … along with our 2015 featured post: Sales Reps – How to Bring Value by Saying “No”. Continue reading →

Major account sales occur in a dynamic business environment with multiple players, long buying processes, and complex solutions. In this market everybody gets it. You can’t win by just pitching products; you have to sell value. Selling value is about … Continue reading →

To excel in major account selling, getting really good at selling value is a must do. But being really good requires more than asking a few questions and uncovering a few problems – you have to be great at doing things the competition hasn’t even thought about doing. Continue reading →

Salespeople but have an accurate assessment of the impact of price concessions on profit. It is important that this knowledge is understood not only by sales management but also by the sales team. Equally important is whether you have unknowingly sanctioned a dramatic decrease in profits by pushing for revenue gains by permitting your sales team to negotiate price reductions? Continue reading →

Salespeople must, in a compelling way, make the connection between their solution and the outcomes that are important to the customer. ou can’t win by just pitching products; you have to sell value. To differentiate from competitors, you need to know second-level product knowledge and an in-depth awareness and understanding of the customer’s challenges and issues – the focus of this blog post. Continue reading →

One way to drive sales creativity and innovation is from the top down. An equally viable idea, and one that receives less attention, is driving innovation from the bottom up. Think about it! Every day major corporations have hundreds of salespeople on the street engaging with customers. They are busy understanding the customers business and the challenges they face. What a resource for innovation. The lesson is your sales team cannot only sell value; they can be used to inform you how to create value. Continue reading →